The red stuff being dropped is Phos-Chek- Its a fire retardant used to help stop the spread of fire. It's very effective and very sticky. I've lived in the LA area my whole life- The Santa Ana winds come every year, but this is the worst they've been in my memory.
Thank you for caring about the people in a country that you are not from. You are very kind and thoughtful 🥰. I'm a born and raised Californian, but happen to live in Fresno now, away from the fires. Much love to you ❤️ and all prayers for everyone affected.
I've never been near California in my life, but I still care about what all of you are having to deal with. I can't imagine how scary it must be and how horrible it must feel to lose everything. I hope things get better for you all really soon 😔🩷
@ lol. I've been watching too many British react channels over the years. You have no idea how many I had to turn off after I heard them say Angeles like it rhymes with Portuguese.
I can't thank you enough for following these fires! Please don't stop! Other u tubers are just getting on board nearly a week later and I make sure to shout you out Everytime in case of people like me who have relied on people like you who have kept us informed since the beginning! Still no word from my son or sister but praying for everyone!🙏❤️
Wind speeds in the Los Angeles area can vary greatly. You have to remember that just a few miles from downtown, we have 6.000 ft high mountains, backed by High Desert regions. The city is literally split by a 2.000 ft-3,000 ft mountain range. This all goes down to sea level. The mountains and hillsides can experience 70 -90 mph winds. Also, once wildfires get large, they actually create their own local weather, complete with fire tornados.
The air drops are of a chemical that sucks away the oxygen around the fire. It’s dyed a few different colors to help the crews see exactly where they dropped it. The color simply has to be highly visible. It helps establish a zone to drop the next chemical. It’s like the tracer rounds that the military uses to help aim shots.
It doesn't suck away the oxygen. It has a higher (Latent heat storage Materials with high latent heat capacity can store more energy per unit. For example, phase change materials (PCMs) can store 5-14 times more heat than sensible heat materials. ) It can absorb energy without going into flames...
Man, it's awful what is happening in that area. Where I live in central Kentucky, we are in a deep freeze, snow on the ground for over a week, below zero temps coming this week, and California is literally on fire. It's just wild and quite concerning 😔
We have a governor that DOES FIX FUCKUPS. fires them (no pun intended). How private industry should work. Fuck this woke shit save the snail darter crap. How Much to rebuild? Nations don't got that kinda $$
Living in Southern California all my life, and the fires this last year have been the worst I've ever seen. It's nice to know there are people from out of the state who think about us and care. Sending prayers to you and I hope you stay safe in the cold. God bless this country.
Wind speeds are highly localized, particularly in Los Angeles which has lots of micro climates due to mountains and variations in elevation. If you just search for Los Angeles wind speed, it's going to give you the speed near the airport which is not near the mountains. If you want to find the wind speeds where the fires are, you need to look up the forecast for Malibu, CA, Topanga, CA, or Altadena, CA.
I think that in another video you asked why California houses are not made of stone. That is because of the earthquakes we have here. Stone or brick buildings needs a lot of reinforcements to with stand anything above 6 - 7 on the ricter scale. Also the fire was so hot that some of the buildings that were brick was burnt to only have some of the steel columns left on the ground. Keep in mind that you see cars on the road that are melted that was caught in the fire. The first drop that you saw was from a large airplane that can scoop water while it is flying from either a lake or ocean and dump its payload on the fire. There are other airplanes that drop fas-check which is red and a fire retardant. Those drop usually on or around the front line of the fire to prevent it from spreading. The amazing part of this is that they are very accurate with their drops because this is what they train for. The wind has picked up and we are even feeling it in Orange County. I watched some palm trees sway really close to power lines.
The Santa Ana winds are ruthless, and we already had an earthquake too the other day! They’re talking about hundred mile an hour or 160 kilometers mph winds which is gonna be catastrophic how much it’s gonna hit
I was born & raised in Southern California. Spent almost half my life there. Watching the coverage has just made me sick to my stomach and tearful. My cousin & his family were evacuated on the first night of the fires, and my aunt & uncle & other cousins remain in the evacuation warning zone. I want to find a way to help everyone affected but feel so helpless.
People need to understand that certain things can’t be managed as they expect. Also, nature can be so very unpredictable in events like this. The understanding of how weather has a direct impact on how one can respond to emergency situations like these and the limits of the capacity of emergency personnel and resources.
My heart goes out to those affected and thank goodness some people are brave enough to be first responders. People in these situations feel they need to blame someone and unfortunately there are always others who push their political agenda instead of finding a way to help.
I keep coming back to watch your videos and I live here in Oregon! You're doing an amazing job sir and appreciate your caring for this horrific ongoing situation. Thank you thank you thank you! ❤🙏
Most of the homes that burned should never have been built. They are located in rugged wilderness with steep mountainside in a semi arid region and get annual 60mph+ winds. The Basin and Valleys are almst untouched by fire.
That's a tough one to swallow for humans. We have a/c, fire, cars, planes, submarines, we beat Nature all the time. Ever since we got out of the rain into a cave. Tell Californians, and despite your money, you can't live somewhere? Some developer will build there and someone will buy it. So what governor is going to tell them no? No really, that's a real question.
There have been strong indicators that the San Andreas Fault may trigger a major earthquake for the LA basin. Perhaps the current catastrophe is a cosmic tradeoff for the potential devastation from broken infrastructure that would claim many lives should it happen. i.e. broken water mains and service lines, gas lines electric grid...
I know you posted this a while ago so you may not see it, but hopefully you do and I can clear it up for you. The winds they are talking about are called the Santa Ana winds. Strong winds blow down from the high desert to the east down across the Southern California low desert, they are an annual event and they can be quite strong. It is just hot, dry air blowing at hurricane force. They are terrifying when coupled with the extremely dry conditions that are in So Cal right now. Any ignition source, could be from a camp fire, a grill or even just a carelessly tossed cigarette can ignite this area like a match to tinder. These fires are then driven by the winds and throw embers up to miles in front of them, lighting hundreds of tiny fires along the way. This is how these fires get so big so quickly. Add to this the inability to send up copters and planes to drop water onto the fires and flame retardant (the red stuff) to slow them down because of the high winds and it's a recipe for disaster. The worst part of these fires is that, at least in some cases, arson is suspected. Well, actually the worst part is the human cost, people who have lost their homes, businesses, livelihoods, pets, livestock, literally everything. Many had their insurance cancelled right out from under them very recently. Hopefully the death toll doesn't rise too much more. Sad, devastating.
The winds have picked up here by the aren’t as bad as the first wind event, yet. The winds that fanned the fires were 60-100mph, right now the winds feel about 25-50mph.
I am like totally surprised this thing is STILL going on! Usually something like this would be put off or contained within a few days TOPS, NOT more than a week. And the fact that it's destroyed so many rich peoples' homes including celebrities means that insurance companies definitely won't be able to cover the costs in total damages.
Sky cleared up so nicely but yes… winds are expected to pick up tonight. Expecting embers to become fast moving fireballs again. Im about 4 miles south of Easton Fire. Have a freeway as a barrier but it’s jumped larger distances in high winds. Packed and ready to evacuate Cell phone towers have a range thats wider than the evacuation zones. Those notices have to reach everyone in those zones, so yes a lot of people receiving the notices will not be in those zones. Be smart. If you receive a Evac Warning, thats when you go to your fire map and look if you are in those zones. If you are not, disregard. If you are in a warning zone, start packing and be prepared for evac order. If you have elderly or disabled.. don’t wait for the order.
These people will never be able to mentally & financially recover from this. My heart goes out to them & everyone affected by this. People in N Carolina are still suffering & it's winter there now.
The Santa Ana winds swoop down from the mountains into this fire area and just exaggerates it. The Santa Ana winds are basically always there just as a high prune fire area in January because of the rain.
There is a weather High moving across the Pacific Northwest that is driving cold dry air down over the Coastal range above Los Angeles. (That is what is causing the danger.) It will be present until Friday. It's bad news.
Thank you! Geez, it's not that hard to figure out. I gave up watching 60 Minutes years ago but the piece they just had on this was pretty good. A fire official said the same thing.
As an example of the priorities of the current crop of California politicians, California is planning its first new major reservoir in 50 years but it was reduced in size from 1.8 million acre feet of water to 1.5 million. Legal challenges and environmental reviews highlighted the potential harm to ecosystems, such as reduced flows in the Sacramento River and impacts on fish populations, particularly salmon. Critics argued that higher flow requirements to protect river habitats would make the reservoir too expensive to build, leading to a reduction in its planned size. This is pretty much what happens with every proposal for infrastructure. It gets tied up in the courts and eventually either made smaller and less effective or just cancelled.
There may be cases where they're over cautious, but the loss of a seemingly insignificant species can have catastrophic results. Look up trophic cascade. And in the end, we suffer from environmental degradation too. Democracies are messy, and every solution will have someone who thinks their idea is better.
Just as normal as coastal fog in June. The special ingredient this year: eight months since last rainfall. Normally, there would have been several rain events in November or December.
They're called Santa Ana winds and come off the desert in the east and up over the mountains near the coast and really get blasted through all the canyons creating horrible fire storms.
The incompetence of the Local and State Officials should not go unnoticed or unpunished. They knew. They didn't care. Politics and Agenda mattered more than people. DISGUSTING.
Sure allowing developers to build subdivisions in areas that in the 50s & 60s were off-limits, a rainy season with no rain for months, and politicians responding to RIGHT-WINGERS demanding money be moved from the fire department (-17.6 Million) to the police department (+126 Million) had NOTHING to do with any of it did it?
@@gregorybiestek3431 An informed person, thank you! Yes, the LAFD budget cut was for contractors to fix around 100 trucks that are currently down. That's what the fire chief was going on about. Fair enough but budgets only have so much to go around and with the crime spike people wanted more money to go to the police.
@@gregorybiestek3431 ....so you don't believe that the incompetence of their politicians out there in California was AT ALL to blame? Seriously.... and what does being on the right or left have to do with developers?
@ There are short sighted and incompetent politicians in both parties. I was seeing the same anger directed at Florida officials only a few month back. I have some of both stripes here in Michigan. FYI the housing burning now was built in 1950s, 60s & 70s by developers who got cozy with both parties.
Thank you BBC for saying what some of us that don't live in California have always thought. This IS the fault of the local Californian government. So glad to hear that the people of California are pissed at their government.
Most of the homes that burned should never have been built. They are located in rugged wilderness with steep mountainside in a semi arid region and get annual 60mph+ winds. The Basin and Valleys are almst untouched by fire.
They’re temporarily reducing the restrictions so rebuilding can happen faster. My cynical mind says yeah, all the people who had their insurance policies canceled can’t afford to rebuild but all the investors and developers will be able to swoop in and take advantage of the lower restrictions. The ones who have money will benefit from suffering and tragedy of those now without.
It's Politicians & Greedy developers building on steep dry mountains in a semi-arid region that should be state park land! The land that is burning is a rugged wilderness that should never have been paved over. The Basin & Valleys are nearly untouched by fire. Rich peoples need to look down on the poor caused this.
More water wouldn't have helped here. The whole scene was overwhelmed. The hydrants that are getting news were attached to three tanks that were filled at the time. Everyone was using them, they drained. The one reservoir that was down for maintenance may turn into an actual story but we'll see if there was corruption, they took too long to fix it. The lack of water can be blamed on the fact that southern CA is effectively a desert. Some places have more than 7 inches of rain a year (definition of desert) but 12 or 20 is not much more and when it doesn't rain at all for most of the year, things get dry.
These fires are so huge that there is no fire department on earth that would have adequate water pressure and access to attack this. You have a lot of gall.
Most of the homes that burned should never have been built. They are located in rugged wilderness with steep mountainside in a semi arid region and get annual 60mph+ winds. The Basin and Valleys are almost untouched by fire.
technically they brought it on themselves im sorry for there losses but there more worried about everything but being safe....hey lets paint our fire hydrants a pretty rainbow....and cut the lafd money and move it ti DEI....
The red stuff being dropped is Phos-Chek- Its a fire retardant used to help stop the spread of fire. It's very effective and very sticky. I've lived in the LA area my whole life- The Santa Ana winds come every year, but this is the worst they've been in my memory.
It's red so they can see later where it was dropped
watch the movie Always about airplane fire fighters. Richard Dreyfus. awesome movie
Thank you for caring about the people in a country that you are not from. You are very kind and thoughtful 🥰. I'm a born and raised Californian, but happen to live in Fresno now, away from the fires. Much love to you ❤️ and all prayers for everyone affected.
❤ Well said ❤
I've never been near California in my life, but I still care about what all of you are having to deal with. I can't imagine how scary it must be and how horrible it must feel to lose everything. I hope things get better for you all really soon 😔🩷
I'm just very happy to hear British people pronounce Los Angeles correctly on the news.
😭😭😭😭😭That should not be the main concern but what ever ig, ty for making me laugh 😆
@ lol. I've been watching too many British react channels over the years. You have no idea how many I had to turn off after I heard them say Angeles like it rhymes with Portuguese.
@@jariemonah 😭😭😭🙏
I can't thank you enough for following these fires! Please don't stop! Other u tubers are just getting on board nearly a week later and I make sure to shout you out Everytime in case of people like me who have relied on people like you who have kept us informed since the beginning! Still no word from my son or sister but praying for everyone!🙏❤️
Minnesota is sending firefighters and love and prayers 🙏❤️🙏❤️
Wind speeds in the Los Angeles area can vary greatly. You have to remember that just a few miles from downtown, we have 6.000 ft high mountains, backed by High Desert regions. The city is literally split by a 2.000 ft-3,000 ft mountain range. This all goes down to sea level. The mountains and hillsides can experience 70 -90 mph winds. Also, once wildfires get large, they actually create their own local weather, complete with fire tornados.
The air drops are of a chemical that sucks away the oxygen around the fire. It’s dyed a few different colors to help the crews see exactly where they dropped it. The color simply has to be highly visible. It helps establish a zone to drop the next chemical. It’s like the tracer rounds that the military uses to help aim shots.
It doesn't suck away the oxygen. It has a higher (Latent heat storage
Materials with high latent heat capacity can store more energy per unit. For example, phase change materials (PCMs) can store 5-14 times more heat than sensible heat materials. )
It can absorb energy without going into flames...
Man, it's awful what is happening in that area. Where I live in central Kentucky, we are in a deep freeze, snow on the ground for over a week, below zero temps coming this week, and California is literally on fire. It's just wild and quite concerning 😔
Life kinda sucks cuz I'm in hurricane ravaged FL anna maria island....seems like current GOVERNMENT nationally don't give a shit. SAD
We have a governor that DOES FIX FUCKUPS. fires them (no pun intended). How private industry should work. Fuck this woke shit save the snail darter crap. How Much to rebuild? Nations don't got that kinda $$
Ain't that much human fault/// except we want to build where mother nature is spectacular
I'm in heaven with this snowpack. I want buffalo lake effect snow levels in southern Ohio.
Living in Southern California all my life, and the fires this last year have been the worst I've ever seen. It's nice to know there are people from out of the state who think about us and care. Sending prayers to you and I hope you stay safe in the cold. God bless this country.
Wind speeds are highly localized, particularly in Los Angeles which has lots of micro climates due to mountains and variations in elevation. If you just search for Los Angeles wind speed, it's going to give you the speed near the airport which is not near the mountains. If you want to find the wind speeds where the fires are, you need to look up the forecast for Malibu, CA, Topanga, CA, or Altadena, CA.
You’re the first person I ever followed on TH-cam back in the day. Thank you for being there
I think that in another video you asked why California houses are not made of stone. That is because of the earthquakes we have here. Stone or brick buildings needs a lot of reinforcements to with stand anything above 6 - 7 on the ricter scale. Also the fire was so hot that some of the buildings that were brick was burnt to only have some of the steel columns left on the ground. Keep in mind that you see cars on the road that are melted that was caught in the fire.
The first drop that you saw was from a large airplane that can scoop water while it is flying from either a lake or ocean and dump its payload on the fire. There are other airplanes that drop fas-check which is red and a fire retardant. Those drop usually on or around the front line of the fire to prevent it from spreading. The amazing part of this is that they are very accurate with their drops because this is what they train for.
The wind has picked up and we are even feeling it in Orange County. I watched some palm trees sway really close to power lines.
The Santa Ana winds are ruthless, and we already had an earthquake too the other day! They’re talking about hundred mile an hour or 160 kilometers mph winds which is gonna be catastrophic how much it’s gonna hit
I was born & raised in Southern California. Spent almost half my life there. Watching the coverage has just made me sick to my stomach and tearful. My cousin & his family were evacuated on the first night of the fires, and my aunt & uncle & other cousins remain in the evacuation warning zone. I want to find a way to help everyone affected but feel so helpless.
Local TH-camrs on bikes do a better job of covering this than the traditional media.
Air + Heat + Fuel = Fire
+ incompetent mayor and governor
Palisade fire is larger than Manhattan!!! It puts in perspective. 😮😢🙏🏻
People need to understand that certain things can’t be managed as they expect. Also, nature can be so very unpredictable in events like this. The understanding of how weather has a direct impact on how one can respond to emergency situations like these and the limits of the capacity of emergency personnel and resources.
My heart goes out to those affected and thank goodness some people are brave enough to be first responders. People in these situations feel they need to blame someone and unfortunately there are always others who push their political agenda instead of finding a way to help.
Thank you for your interest and concern!
I keep coming back to watch your videos and I live here in Oregon! You're doing an amazing job sir and appreciate your caring for this horrific ongoing situation. Thank you thank you thank you! ❤🙏
Luc, you are doing us a service by covering this fire. We are grateful for your concern. Peace!
The planes and helicopters are dropping water and the red stuff is fire retardent.
And 23?
Wait until they can sift through the burnt out houses 😓
I appreciate your concern. It means a lot coming from across the pond. Just pray for us in Southern California.
The Santa Anna winds in California are a seasonal phenomenon very similar to the Mistral winds that hit Europe every year.
2 new fires started last night. One in Jurupa (Riverside County) and one in Ventura County. Luckily both were under control by this morning.
the red stuff being dropped on fires from airplanes is fire retardant
Most of the homes that burned should never have been built. They are located in rugged wilderness with steep mountainside in a semi arid region and get annual 60mph+ winds. The Basin and Valleys are almst untouched by fire.
That's a tough one to swallow for humans. We have a/c, fire, cars, planes, submarines, we beat Nature all the time. Ever since we got out of the rain into a cave. Tell Californians, and despite your money, you can't live somewhere? Some developer will build there and someone will buy it. So what governor is going to tell them no? No really, that's a real question.
The percentages aren't how much of the fire is extinguished, but how much of the fire is contained, meaning it can't spread any further.
There have been strong indicators that the San Andreas Fault may trigger a major earthquake for the LA basin. Perhaps the current catastrophe is a cosmic tradeoff for the potential devastation from broken infrastructure that would claim many lives should it happen. i.e. broken water mains and service lines, gas lines electric grid...
One of the thoughts on how this started is that power lines rated for 90 kph could have been taken down by winds of 150 kph!
San Fernando Valley was where I spent the majority of my life and have only been in Fresno for 3 years. My heart hurts for my fellow Angelenos 😢
I know you posted this a while ago so you may not see it, but hopefully you do and I can clear it up for you. The winds they are talking about are called the Santa Ana winds. Strong winds blow down from the high desert to the east down across the Southern California low desert, they are an annual event and they can be quite strong. It is just hot, dry air blowing at hurricane force. They are terrifying when coupled with the extremely dry conditions that are in So Cal right now. Any ignition source, could be from a camp fire, a grill or even just a carelessly tossed cigarette can ignite this area like a match to tinder. These fires are then driven by the winds and throw embers up to miles in front of them, lighting hundreds of tiny fires along the way. This is how these fires get so big so quickly. Add to this the inability to send up copters and planes to drop water onto the fires and flame retardant (the red stuff) to slow them down because of the high winds and it's a recipe for disaster. The worst part of these fires is that, at least in some cases, arson is suspected. Well, actually the worst part is the human cost, people who have lost their homes, businesses, livelihoods, pets, livestock, literally everything. Many had their insurance cancelled right out from under them very recently. Hopefully the death toll doesn't rise too much more. Sad, devastating.
The winds have picked up here by the aren’t as bad as the first wind event, yet. The winds that fanned the fires were 60-100mph, right now the winds feel about 25-50mph.
These winds are annual wind events in Cali
the wind speeds up at night. at the start of the fire and into midweek 100miles an hour winds.
Nature trumps civilization and money everytime.
I am like totally surprised this thing is STILL going on! Usually something like this would be put off or contained within a few days TOPS, NOT more than a week. And the fact that it's destroyed so many rich peoples' homes including celebrities means that insurance companies definitely won't be able to cover the costs in total damages.
Sky cleared up so nicely but yes… winds are expected to pick up tonight. Expecting embers to become fast moving fireballs again.
Im about 4 miles south of Easton Fire. Have a freeway as a barrier but it’s jumped larger distances in high winds. Packed and ready to evacuate
Cell phone towers have a range thats wider than the evacuation zones. Those notices have to reach everyone in those zones, so yes a lot of people receiving the notices will not be in those zones. Be smart. If you receive a Evac Warning, thats when you go to your fire map and look if you are in those zones. If you are not, disregard. If you are in a warning zone, start packing and be prepared for evac order. If you have elderly or disabled.. don’t wait for the order.
keeping my thoughts and prayers to the people of california i have friends that live in and near los angeles my heart is with them🙏
New fire in Ventura County now. 💔No rain predicted nfor the next 6-8 weeks. 70 mph winds predicted at least thru Wednesday
Phos-Chek is a long lasting fire retardant. It non toxic and becomes a fertilizer.
These people will never be able to mentally & financially recover from this. My heart goes out to them & everyone affected by this. People in N Carolina are still suffering & it's winter there now.
Lav, the Santa Anna winds come and go. You can google an L.A. news station for more info., as if what you are seeing isn't bad enough.
The Santa Ana winds swoop down from the mountains into this fire area and just exaggerates it. The Santa Ana winds are basically always there just as a high prune fire area in January because of the rain.
There is a weather High moving across the Pacific Northwest that is driving cold dry air down over the Coastal range above Los Angeles. (That is what is causing the danger.) It will be present until Friday. It's bad news.
Monday and Tuesday are both extreme fire risks according to the NWS with winds up to around 70mph
Tonight high winds are expected in California and they can’t control the direction of these massive fires.
When i looked this morning. The amount of devastated acreage comes to about 64 square miles or 8 miles square. ????
Yes its water from huge planes called super scoopers
There is no country with a hydrant system in the world that vould deal with a 1000 house fires at one time.
Exactly.
Thank you! Geez, it's not that hard to figure out. I gave up watching 60 Minutes years ago but the piece they just had on this was pretty good. A fire official said the same thing.
As an example of the priorities of the current crop of California politicians, California is planning its first new major reservoir in 50 years but it was reduced in size from 1.8 million acre feet of water to 1.5 million. Legal challenges and environmental reviews highlighted the potential harm to ecosystems, such as reduced flows in the Sacramento River and impacts on fish populations, particularly salmon. Critics argued that higher flow requirements to protect river habitats would make the reservoir too expensive to build, leading to a reduction in its planned size. This is pretty much what happens with every proposal for infrastructure. It gets tied up in the courts and eventually either made smaller and less effective or just cancelled.
There may be cases where they're over cautious, but the loss of a seemingly insignificant species can have catastrophic results. Look up trophic cascade. And in the end, we suffer from environmental degradation too. Democracies are messy, and every solution will have someone who thinks their idea is better.
Thanks for caring about people so far removed from your upbringing. It's a difficult thing.
The RED stuff is fire retardant. Its red so they can see it from above.
The Santa Anna winds are normal. They happen every year. The difference this year, is that they caused, an are fuelling fires.
Just as normal as coastal fog in June. The special ingredient this year: eight months since last rainfall. Normally, there would have been several rain events in November or December.
the red stuff they are spraying is flame retardant.
They're called Santa Ana winds and come off the desert in the east and up over the mountains near the coast and really get blasted through all the canyons creating horrible fire storms.
The big question is will California learn from this disaster.
What is the worse type of natural diaster in the UK? just curious.
They had a big fire in 1666.
These high winds fueling these fires are terrible... I mean just look what it did to that guys hair.
Seriously, you cover this better than Americans.
@@astrodoops he's watching American news footage!
This content is so much more worth watching than yet another BBQ or fast food video. Keep it up.
The incompetence of the Local and State Officials should not go unnoticed or unpunished. They knew. They didn't care. Politics and Agenda mattered more than people. DISGUSTING.
Sure allowing developers to build subdivisions in areas that in the 50s & 60s were off-limits, a rainy season with no rain for months, and politicians responding to RIGHT-WINGERS demanding money be moved from the fire department (-17.6 Million) to the police department (+126 Million) had NOTHING to do with any of it did it?
Kicking people when they're down, suggesting aid will be withheld because of different politics, saying that victims deserved this, is disgusting.
@@gregorybiestek3431 An informed person, thank you! Yes, the LAFD budget cut was for contractors to fix around 100 trucks that are currently down. That's what the fire chief was going on about. Fair enough but budgets only have so much to go around and with the crime spike people wanted more money to go to the police.
@@gregorybiestek3431 ....so you don't believe that the incompetence of their politicians out there in California was AT ALL to blame? Seriously.... and what does being on the right or left have to do with developers?
@ There are short sighted and incompetent politicians in both parties. I was seeing the same anger directed at Florida officials only a few month back. I have some of both stripes here in Michigan. FYI the housing burning now was built in 1950s, 60s & 70s by developers who got cozy with both parties.
They did the same thing to Hawaii.
Stop..
They wont have to worry about forest fires in the same areas because there's no more forest.
Imagine Paris just burning down? Crazy
Thank you BBC for saying what some of us that don't live in California have always thought. This IS the fault of the local Californian government. So glad to hear that the people of California are pissed at their government.
With California's strict permit building policies, it's going to take decades to rebuild
Most of the homes that burned should never have been built. They are located in rugged wilderness with steep mountainside in a semi arid region and get annual 60mph+ winds. The Basin and Valleys are almst untouched by fire.
They’re temporarily reducing the restrictions so rebuilding can happen faster. My cynical mind says yeah, all the people who had their insurance policies canceled can’t afford to rebuild but all the investors and developers will be able to swoop in and take advantage of the lower restrictions. The ones who have money will benefit from suffering and tragedy of those now without.
Calm down.
It’s the politicians fault for the lack of water!!!
It's Politicians & Greedy developers building on steep dry mountains in a semi-arid region that should be state park land! The land that is burning is a rugged wilderness that should never have been paved over. The Basin & Valleys are nearly untouched by fire. Rich peoples need to look down on the poor caused this.
More water wouldn't have helped here. The whole scene was overwhelmed. The hydrants that are getting news were attached to three tanks that were filled at the time. Everyone was using them, they drained. The one reservoir that was down for maintenance may turn into an actual story but we'll see if there was corruption, they took too long to fix it. The lack of water can be blamed on the fact that southern CA is effectively a desert. Some places have more than 7 inches of rain a year (definition of desert) but 12 or 20 is not much more and when it doesn't rain at all for most of the year, things get dry.
These fires are so huge that there is no fire department on earth that would have adequate water pressure and access to attack this. You have a lot of gall.
You clearly don't understand the topography of the areas that are burning! The Basin and Valleys are barely affected. Which make up most of LA.
@@ramonalfaro3252 Technically, fires can occur anywhere. Now is not the time for finger-pointing.
No gta in la for a while
Most of the homes that burned should never have been built. They are located in rugged wilderness with steep mountainside in a semi arid region and get annual 60mph+ winds. The Basin and Valleys are almost untouched by fire.
technically they brought it on themselves im sorry for there losses but there more worried about everything but being safe....hey lets paint our fire hydrants a pretty rainbow....and cut the lafd money and move it ti DEI....
01:55 pretty sure they can find more ashes in their home BA DUM BING!!
That’s sick and heartless, not funny at all. What’s wrong with you?
I hope you never experience anything like what you’re mocking. You’re clearly too immature to handle an emergency situation